TLDR; Being mindful of the following two points can help with being aware of tone policing and preventing it/calling it out: Organizational hierarchy (in addition to other attributes such as race, gender, etc.) can also lead to privilege differences which contribute to tone policing. Cultural differences can lead to tone…

In this post, I share the objectives of the peer feedback process and my approach towards providing peer feedback. Objectives of the peer feedback process Share useful insights with your peer’s manager that can help them plan your peer’s development goals Evaluate how you can improve your collaboration with your…

The way I think of designing a PM onboarding process is to attain 2 broad objectives: Individual goals for the PM Interpersonal goals for the PM Thus our objective would be to design an onboarding process that Addresses these goals Sets metrics to measure these goals and targets for metrics …

Curiosity, openness, love, and safety — Engaging with my inner child has given me a great deal of joy. It is a part of me that is deeply precious to me and also often very hard to engage with. And so understanding what exactly forms my inner child is a question that I often think about…

My experiences, insights, and lessons from MIT’s Hack for Inclusion 2021 — This weekend, I participated in MIT’s Hack for Inclusion! The challenge statement I worked on was “Creating safe, engaging online spaces for teen girls”. This challenge was posted by Generation Wow —an organization that delivers Social and Emotional Learning to teenage girls while also providing a platform for them to…

Books I am reading, have finished reading or want to read — I felt it’d be cool to be able to track all the books I have ever read. So I decided to put up this post. Maybe I’ll even add insights that stood out to me from time to time. …

Anecdotes from some of my interactions in 2019 — TLDR; Social authority of doctors, information asymmetry, conflicting interests of patients and doctors, and blurred lines between health and wellness open the pathway to unethical upselling of healthcare services and products. It’s worth scrutinizing business and tech-centric approaches towards healthcare and wellbeing on these lines. In March 2019, I was…

As I am writing this short note in 2020, I am in my second year of my MBA at MIT Sloan. This post might be most relevant to other MBAs who are planning to pivot careers. But I hope, folks who aren’t pivoting as much might still find value in…

We all want to find success. And the idea of following your passion and letting it lead you to success is one of the biggest guiding principles for the last two decades at least, if not longer. …